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(No Model.) I v R. H. DAGUS.

STIRRUP- No. 482,996. Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

WITNESSES INVENTO/i A A TTOHNE Y8.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. DACUS, OF DARDANELLE, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND REUBEN E. COLE, OF SAME PLACE.

S'l'lRRUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,996, dated September 20,1892.

Application filed May 21,1892. Serial No. 433,827. on model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT H. DACUS, of Dardanelle, in the county of Yell and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wooden Stirrups for Riding- Saddles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in an improvement in that portion of a wooden stirrupfor riding- IO saddles which includes the bar that receives under or around it the leather strap by which the stirrup is suspended from the side of the saddle, substantially as hereinafter described, and more specifically pointed out in the claim.

I 5 Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of a wooden stirrup for riding-saddles embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a top or plan View of the same, and Fig. 3 a vertical section of the upper portion of the stirrup upon the irregular line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

z 5 A indicates the main portion or body of the wooden stirrup. I arrange the suspension-bar B, under or around which the leather strap 0, that connects it with the side of the saddle, passes, to run parallel with and intermediately 0 of the-sides of the stirrup or in line with the opening in or through the stirrup for the entry of the foot, so that the suspension-strap O in passing from the saddle down to the stirrup does not require to be twisted, but lies 3 5 smoothly by the horses side. Said strap will also press evenly upon the barB from one end of it to the other, thereby causing both the leather strap and the bar to wear evenly. Furthermore, the suspension-bar B is made or provided with transverse end or head pieces B B, arranged between and bracing the opposite cheeks or sides of the stirrup at its top, and through which two bolts D D, one through each end or head piece, pass to firmly unite or tie said head-pieces and connect suspensionbar to the sides of the stirrup, and a strip E of metal passes from one bolt to the other on each side of the stirrup, which makes it almost or wholly impossible for the checks of the stirrup or the suspension -bar to split. The suspension-bar B and transverse headpieces B B may be made either of wood or metal and preferably integral with one another, or all in one piece.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A stirrup A, provided within its upper end with the suspension-bar B, parallel with its sides, and having cross-bars B B at its ends and spacing the sides of the stirrup a proper distance apart, and securing bolts or rods D, extending through the sides of the stirrup and longitudinally through the said cross-bars B, substantially as set forth.

ROBERT H. DAGUS. Witnesses:

H. BERNARD, T. J. BOYCE. 

